Historical and contemporary aspects of my beautiful island home. The landscape, the flora and fauna and my family will be among the treasures found in in these pages.

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Conception Harbour on a Sunny Day

"This collection of buildings forms a rare intact example of the type of structures used in the domestic economy of rural Newfoundland during the 19th and 20th centuries. It includes a house, stable, carriage house/workshop, store, fencing, gate, gardens and rock-lined root cellar that accommodated the agricultural and fishing activities typical of the families in Conception Harbour until the mid-20th century. The property has been in the Trahey family name since before 1800. The dwelling house was constructed circa 1914-1915.

The prominence of the site in Conception Harbour has made this collection of buildings and the adjacent domestic structure a landmark in the community."

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Ninty-nine percent of the photos that you see here are my own photos with the exception of the vintage black and whites that shows family members. These photographs were taken by my father. A big event in Newfoundland contemporary history may be illustrated by a network news photo such as Newfoundland winning the Olympic Gold Medal for Canada in curling. Don't forget to double click on the photos to see a larger version and be sure to expore the monthly archived photos so that you don't miss anything. I have limited the number of images on this page to 25. Therefore the other 150+ photos can be accessed by looking into the monthly archives.
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